June 25, 2020, Opinion, "While many of us may hope the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is behind us — in spite of the recent surge in new…
Discusses fiscal challenges facing local governments due to Covid19.
Nearly a thousand officer-involved killings occur each year in the United States. This paper documents the large, racially-disparate…
The Covid-19 public health crisis has sharply reduced the earnings of millions of U.S. households, following the severe curtailment of…
The COVID-19 pandemic led to dramatic economic disruptions, including government-imposed restrictions that required millions of American…
We examine a new data set of laws and practices governing public procurement, as well as procurement outcomes, in 187 countries. We measure…
In a sweeping overview of more than a century of history, drawing on his inimitable combination of statistical analysis and storytelling,…
County governments are a crucial component of the fabric of American democracy. Yet there has been almost no previous research on the…